enjoy the highlights of Aswan and Luxor
with stops in Kom Ombo and Edfu
Tour the Valley of the Kings and so much more with an Egyptology guide
Feast on buffet lunches, dinners, and breakfasts on board a 5-star ship
Take it easy with door-to-door transfers to and from the port
experience the life trip hot air balloon
visit the fabulous temples of abu simbel
touch the real Egyptian culture in luxor and Aswan
collect the most important sites in upper Egypt in 1 package
the best price and the quality of service theses are our targets
gather between the great Egyptian Nile river quietness on cruise board and the fabulous temples and tombs in upper Egypt
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Cabin with all facilities.
✔ All sites which mentioned in itinerary.
✔ Air-conditioned vehicle
✔ Hot air balloon.
✔ Lunch
✔ Dinner
✔ Breakfast
✔ Qualified Egyptology guide
✔ Meals start with lunch first day end with breakfast last day.
✔ Motor boat.
✔ 3-nights on cruise board
✔ Free Wi-Fi up to 4GB
✔ Horse and carriage .
✔ Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
✖ Any thing not mentioned in the itinerary
✖ Entrance fees
✖ Drinks
✖ Tipping
Pickup Locations
1. Aswan Nubian House
2. Cairo Marriott Hotel & Omar Khayyam Casino
3. Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan
4. Giza Pyramids Inn
5. Hilton Hurghada Plaza
6. Sonesta St. George Hotel - Luxor
7. Pyramisa Isis Island Aswan Resort & Spa
8. Movenpick Resort Aswan
9. Aswan Airport
10. Steigenberger Nile Palace
11. Long Beach Resort
12. Coral Beach Hurghada
13. Hilton Luxor Resort & Spa
Additional Info: we pick up all travellers from any Hotel or Airport in Aswan
Itinerary
Aswan such a charming city famous by the Nubian culture Visit Temple Of Phille & Aswan High Dam
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Temple of Philae
arrive to Aswan the beautiful city famous by the Nubian culture where we going to pick you up to start our first tour down to the Nile where we going to take motor boat to visit the splendid philae temple.move to visit the beautiful Aswan high dam.at night it is great chance to be in Aswan to visit the local famous market.check in Nile cruise.over night cruise
Duration: 2 hours
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Aswan High Dam
The Aswan High Dam, or the High Dam, is a water dam on the Nile in southern Egypt. It was built during the era of Gamal Abdel Nasser and the Soviets helped build it. The dam greatly helped control water flow and mitigate the effects of the Nile flood. Used to generate electricity in Egypt. The length of the dam is 3600 meters, the width of the base is 980 meters, the width of the summit is 40 meters, and the height is 111 meters. The size of the dam is 43 million cubic meters of cement, iron and other materials. A water flow of 11,000 cubic meters of water per second may pass through the dam. Construction of the dam began in 1960 and the total cost was estimated at one billion dollars, one third of which was written off by the Soviet Union. The dam worked on 400 Soviet experts and completed its construction in 1968. The last 12 electric generators were installed in 1970 and the dam was officially opened in 1971.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Abu Simbel Temples & Temple Of Kom Ombo & Sailing To Edfu
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Abu Simbel Temple Complex
The construction of the temple complex began around 1244 BC and continued for about 21 years, until 1223 BC. Known as the "Ramses Temple" liked by Amun ", and it is one of the six rocks of temples in Nubia that were erected during the reign of Ramses II. Its purpose is to influence the neighboring countries in southern Egypt, and also to enhance the position of the Egyptian religion in the region. Historians say that the design Abu Simbel expresses something of Ramses II's pride, and the mentioned Abu Simbel differs from the Abu Simbel displacement, which is an extension of the tourist Abu Simbel, but it is about 366 km south of Aswan.As time passed, the temples were deserted and thus were covered in sand. Then, during the 6th century BC, sand covered the statues of the main temple to the knees. The temple was forgotten until 1813, when Swiss orientalist GL Burkhardt found the promenade of the main temple. Borchardt spoke of this discovery with his Italian explorer.
Duration: 7 hours
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Temple of Kom Ombo
This temple was established during the reign of Ptolemy VI Philomator, but its decoration did not take place except in the Roman era during the time of Emperor Tiberius and we see in this temple also the same properties that we find in other Egyptian Ptolemaic temples in terms of design, architecture and decoration, but this temple has a special feature that resulted from Local worship at the place, where people worshiped two local deities, Subic and Horus-headed,Although these two deities differ in their origins and character, they lived side by side for centuries without mixing or pairing with each other, and therefore there are no two holy walls adjacent to the Holies only in this temple, but there are also on the axis of each of these two saints the gates to Side to each other, in the outer wall and in the walls of the two halls of the pillars and beyond,
Duration: 2 hours
Temple Of Edfu & Sailing To Luxor To Visit Luxor Temple
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Temple of Horus
Around 05:00 am be Ready To Visit The ancient Egyptians called it Geb and the Greeks and Romans called it Apollinopolis, Magna, that is the greater city of Apollo. In the days of the Pharaohs, Edfu was the capital of the second region in Upper Egypt. Archaeological excavations since the end of the nineteenth century revealed their importance in the early ages of the history of ancient Egypt, especially the cemetery that dates back to the era of the Old Kingdom in the third millennium BC and found tombs - terraces built with milk. Specialized linguists read the name of one of the first family kings, Oujib, engraved on a rock, near the city. [1] Edfu was placed under the protection of the falcon deity Horus, king of the city
Duration: 2 hours
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Luxor Temple
Luxor Temple A large complex of ancient Egyptian temples located on the eastern bank of the Nile in the city of Luxor today known as the (ancient good). Founded in 1400 BC. The Luxor Temple was built for the worship of Amun Ra, his wife Mut, and their son Khonsu, the deities, also called the Tayyibi Trinity (Theban Triad). The Luxor Temple was built during the reign of the Eighteenth Dynasty and the Nineteenth Dynasty. The most important existing buildings in the temple are those built by the two kingdoms Amenhotep III (1397-1360 BC) and Ramses II (1290-1223 BC) (who added to the temple the open courtyard, the pylon, and the two obelisks). King Tuthmosis the Third also established (1490-1436 BC)
Duration: 1.5 hours
Hot Air Balloon & Valley Of The Kings & Temple Of Hatshbsut & Colossi Of Memnon & Temple Of Karnak
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around 4:30 am experience the life trip the Hot Air Balloon
Duration: 60 minutes
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Valley of the Kings
Valley of the Kings, also known as the “Valley of Biban Kings”, is a valley in Egypt that was used over the course of 500 years during the period between the sixteenth and eleventh centuries B.C. The valley is on the west bank of the Nile, facing Thebes (now Luxor) in the heart of the ancient funerary city of Thebes. The Valley of the Kings is divided into two valleys; the Eastern Valley (where most of the royal tombs are located)
Duration: 2 hours
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Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
It is a temple from the eighteenth Egyptian family, and the best of the remaining temples were built about 3500 years ago in Deir el-Bahari, Egypt. It was built by Queen Hatshepsut on the west bank of the Nile opposite to Taiba (the capital of ancient Egypt and the seat of worship of Amun) (Luxor today). The Hatshepsut Temple is distinguished by its unique architectural design, compared to the Egyptian temples that were built on the east bank of the Nile in Thebes .. The temple consists of three successive floors on open terraces. The temple was built of limestone, and in front of the pillars of the second floor, statues of limestone of the god Osiris and Queen Hatshepsut were installed in a beautiful distribution. Originally, these statues were colored
Duration: 1.5 hours
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Colossi of Memnon
A statue of Memnon, or a giant of Memnon,
It is two huge statues, established around the year 1350 BC, which is all that remains of a temple in memory of the Pharaoh (Amenhotep III), located in Thebes, Western Egypt. They are for King Amenhotep the Third, one of the kings of the Eighteenth Dynasty, and it is the most powerful ruling family in ancient Egyptian history.
The statue's height reaches 19 meters and a third of the meter, and the Greeks called (Memnon) upon them when the eastern statue cracked from them and produced a voice similar to the legendary hero (Memnon) who was killed in the wars of his parcels and was calling his mother (Ayus) the goddess of dawn every morning, and she was crying over him Her tears were dew.
Duration: 30 minutes
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Temple of Karnak
Karnak or Karnak Temples Complex, which is known as the Karnak Temple, is a group of temples, buildings and columns, as expansion and construction operations continued from the Pharaonic era, specifically the Middle Kingdom kings until the Roman era in Luxor in Egypt on the eastern coast. The temple was built for the divine Trinity Amun (Amun Ra in modern times), his wife is the goddess Mut and their son is god Khonsu; and each of them has a temple belonging to the complex of Karnak temples. Sometimes the tourists and the non-specialized in Karnak temple only mean the temple belonging to Amun i, Amun Ra.The temple was named after the city of Karnak, and it is a modern name that is distorted from the Arabic word Khorang, meaning the fortified village, which had been launched on many of the temples in the region during this period.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Additional info
• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
